BABA IS YOU is one of the most mind-bending puzzle video games of recent memory. Now, thanks to Peter C. Hayward, it’s also a board game. On today’s Space-Cast!, we discuss the peculiar adaptation of Arvi Teikari’s video game, from its inception in That Time You Killed Me and sickbed time-wasting to its gradual development and Hayward’s long-term plans to become a screenwriter.

Listen here or download here. Timestamps can be found after the jump.

TIMESTAMPS

00:15 — obligatory compliments
17:11 — Peter’s artistic journey
40:40 — from That Time You Killed Me to Baba Is You
45:54 — Baba Is You (the video game)
54:00 — making the board game
1:04:50 — the shape of Baba Is You (the board game)

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